Swampscott police log: July 8-11

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Excerpts from the Swampscott Police Department logs from July 8 to 11. Due to company policy, arrests are not listed online. To view the arrests from this time period, pick up the print edition of the Swampscott Reporter, which hits stands every Thursday.

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Excerpts from the Swampscott Police Department logs from July 8 to 11. Due to company policy, arrests are not listed online. To view the arrests from this time period, pick up the print edition of the Swampscott Reporter, which hits stands every Thursday.

July 8

1:40 a.m. Police stopped a motor vehicle on Atlantic Avenue.

2:21 a.m. A resident of Paradise Road reported a disturbance. Someone was reportedly ringing the doorbell. Responding officers believed the 95-year-old female caller was confused and that the report was unfounded.

3:23 a.m. A caller reported a party on the first floor of the residence talking on the phone very loudly and keeping her awake. The noise was gone when police arrived.

6:33 a.m. Police stopped a motor vehicle on Humphrey Street. The driver was issued a citation.

7:06 a.m. Police conducted an investigation on Cherry Street.

7:57 a.m. An Andrew Road caller reported a suspicious male “hiding behind a tree” and watching the houses on the street.

9:39 a.m. A hazardous condition was reported on Beach Avenue. A caller reported a water leak in a bathroom inside a residence on the street. The Fire Department was able to turn the water off.

10:29 a.m. Police stopped a motor vehicle on Essex Street. The driver was issued a written warning.

10:42 a.m. Police stopped a motor vehicle on Pine Street. The driver was given a written warning.

7:30 p.m. Police received a report of two loose dogs running on King’s Beach.

8:18 p.m. A caller reported a sinkhole in the street on Puritan Road.

9:12 p.m. A Puritan Road caller reported a group of youths surrounding a bonfire on the beach. Responding officers determined the group had a permit.

10:14 p.m. A Manson Street caller reported five youths attempting to get inside a vacant property near the caller’s home. The caller said the youths ran off when the caller told the youths the police were on their way.

7:24 p.m. A Puritan Road caller reported a dispute between a landlord and tenant.

8:34 p.m. A Longwood Drive caller reported a fire, which appeared to have started by a short in an electric stove.

9:28 p.m. A domestic incident was reported on Roy Street.

9:52 p.m. A Phillips Street caller reported a dog barking for the past several hours.

10:39 p.m. A Loring Avenue caller reported her daughter had hit the caller in the head with an object. The caller declined EMS and the daughter was arrested.

11:02 p.m. A Whitman Road caller reported hearing three loud bangs in a row that were not fireworks. Responding officers noted that all was quiet in the area.

July 11

1:31 a.m. A caller reported suspicious parties on Pine Street. The caller said four males

wearing hooded sweatshirts took the caller’s license plate from the car in a driveway and then ran off.

11:44 a.m. Police responded to a motor vehicle accident on Burrill Street. A caller reported that a delivery truck hit a pole.

1:51 p.m. A caller reported a tractor-trailer truck wrapped up in downed wires on Humphrey

Street near the field house.

2:07 p.m. Police stopped a motor vehicle on Salem Street.

4:36 p.m. A resident of Tupelo Road reported a breaking and entering. The caller

returned home and discovered that jewelry was missing.

10:46 p.m. A Porter Place caller reported a suspicious teenager on a bike. The caller

said the teenager threw something at the caller’s car. The caller followed the teenager onto Porter Place where the teenager allegedly ditched the bike at a dead end, ran through a nearby yard and disappeared. Police located the two teens involved and called their parents/guardians.

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